Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-10
POCAHONTAS WEATHERLY.
Her Passion for a Man With Mutt
lated Limbs.
From the Arkansdto TraseIer.

From the Arkdnsdto TrdveIsr.
The political ascendency of the cripple
has, IN some parts of the South, become
80 unyieldlng that 1t is almost impossible
for a sound man to get jan office. So long,
however, as the prestige Of the cripple
was confined to politics, the public made
no very loud complaint, but when the I'M
sound man demanded social distinction
and insisted upon the emotional privilege
OF leading the german, the young men
who had hitherto been characterized by
modesty OF bearing, went out on an un-
compromising strike. The following M
cident. which has just been made PUBIC,
shows the extremity to which the Grip
Pies tyranny has been showed:
Miss POcahontas Weatherly, daughter
of Jackson B. Weatherly. who owns one
of the largest still houses In the neigh
borho0d of Cob stopper, Ark, has Tor
sometime been regarded as the belle OF
the community. A few months ago
Miss Pocahontas began to put on dresses,
the length Of which plainly Indicated
that she had entered the great market OF
life. Suitors flocked from all directions,
but it was soon perceived that the
most manly and vigorous among them
was received with the least favor: and
it was not long until the community
was surprised by the announcement
that Miss POcahontas had accepted the
suit OF Lit Smith, fellow who the year
before had become involved in a compli-
cation with a cotton gin and had retired
with only one arm. Lit was uneducated
and rather shiftless, aud the engagement
astonished the people; but gseater sur
prise was in store for them, when, sew
eral days later, it. was announced that
MIaa pnoa nj sn rdnd Ii and had an.
copied a one-legged fellow named Jam
Perdue. This freak on the part OF the
young lady might never have been under
stood had 1t not been for the discovery
of the following letter which she wrote to
Jam:
"My Dear: did not know how little
| thought of Lit until l saw you. Alb.
the pltshment of one arm is but
little in comparison to the achievement
of one leg. OF course l will marry you,
as you are more in need OF me than Lit
49,"
While the public was reading this let
ter there came the startling announce
ment that Jam had been thrown aside,
and that fellow named Shad BLY, had
been accepted. BLY, had lost one leg and
one arm. The young lady, in writing to
him, declared that he was almost per-
feet. "Oh," she went on, "you are
charmingly crippled, and until met
you did not know what duty was"
While she was writing the letter
several men carrying hand-barrow en-
tered the room. They put down the bar
row and revealed a man who had lost
both legs, both arms, both ears and both
eyes-a man who could not hear or smell
or TAXA man who with all his other
marks of distinction was paralyzed, and
who was also in a beastly state of intoXi-
cation. Miss PocahOntas tore Bly's pho
tograph and EN- braced her new lover.
AS it is impossible to find man who
is worse off mentally and physically, it
is thought the marriage will soon be
celebrated. The prospective bridegroom
undoubtedly has future. for his condi-
ton renders it impossible to beat him
tor any political position to which he may
ASPIRE.